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MEAT GUTTER.

No. 426,413. Patented Apr. 22, 1890l lEnF UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL T. J ULL, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOFARNUM T. FISH, OF SAME PLACE.

MEAT-correa SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 426,413,dated April 22, 1890.

Application filed July 9, 1889. Serial No. 316,933. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL T. .I ULL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Meadville, in the county of Crawford and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements -inMeat-Cutting Machines, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to amachine for cutting up meats; and it consistsof a slowly-rotating bowl and a set of shear cutting oscillating knivesarranged with mechanism for operating the same, constructed and combinedsubstantially as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation, partly insection, of my new machine for cutting up meat. Fig. 2 is atop or planview of the same. Fig. 3 is a detached View of the knives and the bowlin section, showing the position and movements of the knives therein,

A is a frame having a ring-base a, in which a bowl B rests and supportedupon suitable feet. In the upper part of the frame over the bowl isarranged the cutting mechanism. In bearings b b b of the frame isprovided a rock-shaft C, and on said shaft between the central bearingsare fulcrumed a series of levers D D, to the lower ends of which areattached cutting-blades E E. The upper parts of said levers arebifurcated, as seen in Fig. 3. In bearings in the frame above those forthe aforesaid rock-shaft is placed a rotary crank-shaft F. The cranks ff are made in alternate opposite positions on the shaft, as shown inFigs. l and 2, and said cranks play in the bifurcated arms of the saidlevers D D, by means of which as the crankshaft rotates a reciprocatorymovement is imparted to said levers. On the outer end of crank-shaft Fis fixed a pinion G, and beneath it is journaled on a suitablebearing-pin a driving gear-wheel I-I, meshing with said pinion, thewheel being provided with a handle h for turning same. On the top edgeof the bowl is fixed an annular rack-bar K, and to the rockshaft C isattached a short crankfarm c,

to which is pivoted a pawl p, engaging with the said rack-bar K, bywhich the reciprocat- 5o ing movements of the rock-shaft transmit anintermittent rotary movement to the bowl, whose base turns in thering-base a of the frame A. To the frame are also attached adjustableScrapers L L, reaching down the inside surface of the bowl, thepurposeof which is to remove the contents of the bowl from the sides and lthrowit inward toward the center, where the knives are in operation.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the 6o operations of thismachine are as follows: The meat to be cut up is placed in the bowl inpieces. Now, by turning the driving-wheel H a quick swinging movement isimparted to the levers D D by the cranks ff of shaft F, whereby thecutting-blades are made to perform a reciprocating shear cuttingmovement within the bowl, as seen in Fig. 3, in opposing directions.Thus the knives in pairs are made to cut oppositely to one another. Atthe 7o same time the bowl is slowly rotated by the pawl p, therebychanging constantly the position of the contents of the bowl to theknives.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

l. In a meat-cutting machine, a rotating bowl B, provided with anannular rack-bar on its top edge, bifurcated levers D, mounted onrock-shaft C, reciprocating knives E, at- 8o tached to said levers D,multiple-crank shaft F, rock-shaft O, crank-arm c, and pawl p, allconstructed and combined to operate substantially as described.

2. In a meat-cutting machine, a rotating 8 5 bowl B, provided with anannular rack-bar on its top edge, bifurcated levers D, mounted onrock-shaft C, reciprocating knives E, attached to said levers D,multiple-crank shaftk F, rock-shaft O, crank-arm c, pawl p, and 9oscrapers L, all constructed and combined to operate substantially asdescribed.

SAMUEL T. J ULL.

Vitnesses:

WM. C. FISH, J. H. CULBEETsoN.

